Society for Family Health (SFH) is a South African affiliate of Population Services International (PSI), an international NGO network operational in over 70 countries. SFH in South Africa concentrates on issues of HIV/ AIDS. As part of their HIV/AIDS control efforts, SFH is using social marketing to motivate behaviour change with respect to consistent condom use, HIV testing and other safer behaviours.
Job Title: VMMC Provincial Lead
Location: uMgungundlovu and Harry Gwala KZN
Department: Medical Programs- VMMC
Employment status: Fixed Term Contract
Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Theatre Operations
- Conducts aseptic procedure at the operation site
- Administers local anaesthesia
- Performs the surgical cutting of the foreskin using the specific technique according to WHO standards
- Uses diathermy or ligation to achieve haemostasis
- Performs surgical suture on wounds according to surgical standards
- Ensure proper application of wound dressing after procedure
- Conducts scheduled and unscheduled reviews of circumcised client
- Administers post-operative analgesia
2. Client medical screening
- Performs physical examinations of client
- Obtains an informed consent
- Decides if client is eligible for chosen method
- Identifies urological deformities and refer for specialist attention
- Conducts screening and treatment of STIs
- Performs WHO clinical staging on HIV positive clients
3. Safety Coordination
- Ensuring safety of clients before, during and after the circumcision procedure
- Ensures a high level of emergency preparedness is in place at workstation
- Scrutinizes the client identity against all documents
- Uses diathermy properly observing the principles of diathermy use
- Ensures that right drug, right route, right dose is given to client
- Discards contraindicated conditions prior to procedure
- Manages adverse events
- Educates all ancillary staff on operational conduct in theatre
- Conducts baseline vital observations before procedure and after procedure
4. Adverse Events Management
- Prevent, minimize the occurrence of AEs Managing any adverse events
- Classifies any adverse event correctly
- Manages AEs according to their classification
- Responds to all adverse event calls round the clock in shortest possible time
- Manages all adverse events following the adverse event treatment guidelines
- Refers to the next level of management
6. Mobilizing and outreach activities
- Sensitizes the organizations, the public on the VMMC program and integrated services
- Plans and implement scheduled VMMC sensitization meetings
- Conducts outreach activities targeting workplace, schools, churches, vulnerable population places of social gatherings
- Participates in events with other stakeholders
- Implements, monitor and evaluate the impact of each activity
Qualifications
- Degree in MBCHB
- Registration with HPCSA
- Experience in VMMC
To apply
Please send your full application to [email protected] . All application submissions will be reviewed and considered, only the most qualified candidates will be short listed and contacted for interviews. SFH is an equal opportunity employer.
Application Deadline: 30th October 2019